Type-writer table and cabinet.



- PATENTED MAY 12', 1903,.

' M. S.'EYLAR. TYPE WRITER TABLE AND CABINET. APP- IIIIIIIIIIIIII EU.222222 1 SSSSSSSSSSSSSSS OOOOOO L.

"No. 727,922. PATENTED MAY 12, 1903.

I M. S. EYLAR.

TYPE WRITER TABLE AND CABINET.

7 APPLICATION FILED DBO. 23.1901. no 11011111..

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No. 727,922. PATENTED MAY 12, 190's.v s. EYLAR.

TYPE WRITER TABLE AND CABINET.

7 APPLICATION FILED DBO. 23, 1901. I .110 MODEL.

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FFICE.

ATENT MATTHEWV S. EYLAR, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO ELLIOTT dzHATCH BOOK TYPEWRITER 00., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

TYPE-WRITER TABLE AND CABINET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 727,922, dated May 12,1903.

Application filed December 23, 1901. $eria1 No. 86,996. (No model.)

To all whmn it may concern:

Be it known that I, MATTHEW S. EYLAR, of

New York, county of New York, and State of New York, have invented a newand useful Improvement in Type -Writer Tables and Cabinets, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to a combination table, and cabinet intended moreespecially for sup- IO porting and inclosing book-type-writing ma('lllllGSlH which asliding book-supporting carriage is used incombinationwith a fixed overlying platen anda movable writing mechanismabove the platen-such, for example, as the well-known Elll0tli &5 Hatchmachine, of

the general organization represented in Letters Patent of the UnitedStates No. 620,125; The aim of the invention is to provide a simple andinexpensive table which will give proper support to the machine and thetraveling carriage when in action and which may be contracted in sizeand adapted to inclose the machine when it is not in action.

To this end it consists, essentially, in a table adapted to sustain themachine and provided with hinged extension-leaves at the two ends, theseleaves being adapted to serve as extensions or continuations on whichthe book-carriage may travel to the right and 0 left and also servingwhen turned to an upright position as ends of the cabinet and assupports for a flexible top.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my table as it appears with the partsin operative po- 5 sition. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a stop,limiting the motion of the book-carriage. Fig. 3 is a longitudinalvertical section through the table and machine thereon on thecorrespondingly-nu mbered line of Fig. 4, the parts being in operativeposition. Fig. 4 is a vertical cross-section from front to rear on thecorrespondingly-numbered line of Fig. 3, the machine being covered orinclosed. Fig. 5 is a perspective view illustrating the manner in whichthe table is closed. Fig. 6 is a sectional view, on an enlarged scale,illustrating a detail.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the top or bed of the table,sustained at its ends on legs B, which may be constructed in anysuitable form and applied in any suitable manner, although they arepreferably hinged to the top, to admit of their being folded fortransportation andsecured when in action by braces O, screwed fast orotherwise made removable. The top of the table may be made of a flat orother form, but preferably with a longitudinal depressed portion in themiddle to receive and guide the book-supporting carriage. D. ,Thiscarriage consists of a base- 6: frame arranged to travel lengthwise ofthe table and carrying the two that boards or plates cl, these leaves dbeing sustained by cross-bars d and a spring, as usual, or in any othersuitable manner.

E E represent two leaves hinged to opposite ends of the table-top insuch manner that they may be turned to an upright position, as shown inFig. 5, or turned downward to a horizontal position,-as shown in Figs. 1and 3, to form continuations of the surface on which the-book-carriagetravels, so that, as indicated in Figs. 1 and 3, the carriage may bemoved to the right and left, so as to project beyond the table-top withthe projecting or overhanging end sustainedby the leaf. It will beobserved that the leaves E when in their extended position present theirupper surfaces flush with that portion of the surface of the table-topon which the book-carriage travels, so that the carriage may 'be movedto the right or left until it projects beyond the top proper and beyondthe supportinglegs. It is also to be noted that the extended leaves aresupported without extending the table-top or other support beneath theleaves beyond the legs of the table. I am consequently enabled to makethe table of a length but slightlyexceeding that of the book-supportingcarriage, this limitation in the size of the table being of decidedadvantage. These extended leaves may be sustained in any appropriatemanner; but I prefer, as shown in the drawings, to hinge them in suchposition that their inner ends will turn down against andreceive supportfrom the shoulders'e at the ends of the table-top. Theouter corners ofthe leaves E are rounded, as shown, and they are provided in their innerfaces with grooves a, following their outer edges.

G represents a flexible curtain consisting of a series of parallel slatsof wood or like material glued or otherwise attached to a woven fabricor other pliable foundation-sheet in a manner well known in the art.When the machine is in operation, this flexible cover stands, as shownin Figs. 1 and 3, below the rear part of the table, its ends beingseated in a groove H in the inner faces of the tablelegs, this grooveextending downward and then returning upward toward the top of thetable, as plainly shown in Fig. 4.

As the top of the table, including the opened leaves, presents a smoothand continuous surface, it is advisable to provide stop devices to limitthe motion of the carriage and prevent it from sliding over the ends ofthe leaves. A simple contrivance for this purpose is represented in Fig.2. It consists of a bar M, having one end slotted and secured to thetable by a thumb-screw m, and the opposite end fashioned into a hook mto engage a pin on the carriage D. There will be one of these devices oran equivalent stop on each side of the machine.

When the machine is to be inclosed, the leaves or ends are turned to theupright position shown in Figs. etand 5 and the flexible top then drawnupward and forward, sliding at its ends in the grooves in the leavesuntil it finally covers and incloses the machine, as shown in Fig. 4c.The grooves are preferably undercut, as shown in Fig. 6, and the topprovided with lips to ride in the undercut portions in order to lock theends or leaves in position.

I represents the usual fiat platen, fixed in position to sustain theleaf of the book to be written upon, and J is the travelingwritingmachine mounted above the same.

It will be observed that my construction admits of the table beingreduced to a length equal to that of the traveling, carriage, that itgives firm support to the overhanging end of the carriage as the latteris moved to the right or left, and that it permits the whole machine tobe instantly and securely inelosed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is-- 1. In atype-writing machine, the combination of the following elements: a tablehaving a rigid top, a flat fixed platen supported on and above said top,a writing mechanism movably supported on said platen, a booksupportingcarriage mounted and guided to slide laterally on the top of the tablebeneath the platen, a flexible sliding cover mounted in the table topass over the writing mechanism, and two leaves hinged to opposite endsof the table, said leaves being arranged to fold outward horizontally,to sustain the ends of the book-carriage as it is moved to and fro, andalso grooved, and adapted when folded to sustain the flexible top overthe writing mechanism.

2. In a type-writing machine and in combination with a stationarywriting mechanism, a table-top supporting the writing mechanism, ahorizontally movable book support mounted upon the table-top beneath thewriting mechanism, leaves hinged to the two ends of the table-top toform continuations thereof and supports for the carriage, and stopmechanism, substantially as shown, to prevent the carriage fromoverrunning the leaves.

In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand, this 17th day of December,1901, in the presence of two attesting witnesses.

MATTHEW S. EYLAR.

\Vitnesses:

MAX 0. BEARD, A. G. OLNEY.

